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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
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1. Pre-reading - Oral Language Development

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2. A graphic compilation of the performance of an individual on a series of assessments.






3. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development






4. Confirmation and Fluency - Decoding skills - Fluency - additional strategies

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5. Children may be physical and socially immature - may be awkward in social situations - may have difficulty reading social cues - may have trouble finding the right words - stammering. - may feel anxious in school






6. The percentage is defined to include scores in a specified distribution that fall below the point at which a given score lies.






7. The number of words a student can read correctly in a given period of time.






8. MSLE instruction requires that organization on material follow the logical order of the language. Sequence must begin with the easiest and progress to more difficult material. Each step must be based on prior knowledge.






9. Whole body learning






10. A standardized test designed to efficiently measure the amount of knowledge and/or skill a person has acquired - usually as a result of classroom instruction. Such testing produces a statistical profile used as a measurement to evaluate student learn






11. A step taken by school personnel to determine which students are at risk for not meeting grade level standards.






12. A syllable ending with one or more consonants. The vowel is usually short.






13. The ability to segment words into their component phonemes. Is an important aspect of phonological awareness






14. Academic Language Therapy Association






15. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






16. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.






17. Was a pivotal event in English history. It largely removed the native ruling class - replacing it with a foreign - French-speaking monarchy - aristocracy - and clerical hierarchy. This - in turn - brought about a transformation of the English languag






18. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.






19. State Law - Requires administration of reading instruments to diagnose reading problems. Each district does - has to notify parents and provide instruction






20. A letter or a group of letters attached to the beginning or ending of a base word or root that creates a derivative with a meaning or grammatical form that is different that the base word or root.






21. Set of principles that dictate the sequence and function of words in a sentence in order to convey meaning - must include grammar - sentence types - and mechanics of language






22. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.






23. A single functioning or signaling unit of our word patterns. The separate sound units of spoken words.






24. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






25. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






26. A pattern of letters (found in a single syllable) which occurs frequently together. The pronunciation of at least one of the component parts is unexpected or the letters stand in an unexpected sequence ( ar - er - ir - or - us - qu - wh)






27. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






28. Present the parts of the language and then teaches how the parts work together to make a whole. Part of a MSLE Program






29. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






30. 1904 - reported 2 cases of "congenital word blindness" - called for schools to establish procedures for screening as well as appropriate teaching of those that were identified with congenital word-blindness






31. The term is also used for the language now called Old English - spoken and written by the ________ and their descendants in much of what is now England and some of southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century.






32. Selective focus on what is important while screening out distractions.






33. A morpheme attached to the end of a word that creates a word with a different form or use. Suffixes include inflected forms indicating tense - number - person and comparatives.






34. Given normal vision - the ability to recognize and interpret information taken in with the eye.






35. Expects child to learn reading as "naturally" as speech - Uses child's oral language as content for reading - Uses child's oral language as basis for spelling instruction - Children learn to "read" by reading and re-reading "big books" together with

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36. Two vowels standing adjacent in the same syllable whose sounds blend smoothly together in one syllable. There are only four diphthongs in English. These are ou/out - ow/cow - oi/oil - oy - boy






37. The teacher musts be adept at individualized teaching based on continual assessment of the student's needs. Content should be mastered to a level of automaticity.






38. Are standardized and measure your progress and achievements as a student.






39. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






40. Words used in more formal settings - Often found in literature - science - social studies in upper elem. texts. Longer than words of Anglo-Saxon Origin.






41. Multisensory Structured Language






42. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






43. Reading can be learned as naturally as speaking - reading is focused on constructing meaning from texts using children's books rather than basal or controlled readers - reading is best learned in the context of the group - phonics is taught indirectl






44. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






45. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






46. Making sense of what we read. Comprehension is dependent on good word recognition - fluency - vocabulary - worldly knowledge - and language ability.






47. Attempt - Failure - Frustration - Avoidance - Lack of Practice - No improvement - Loss of esteem - loss of motivation = THIS






48. His research in the field of reading was fundamental to the emergence of today's scientific consensus about what reading is - how it works and what it does for the mind.






49. Standards of Personal Conduct - Standards of Professional Conduct - Conflict of Interest - Confidentiality






50. Alphabetic principle" and its relationship to phonemic awareness and phonological awareness in reading